[Bug 992054] Re: APT needs a patch to become free-software-friendly

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Title:
  APT needs a patch to become free-software-friendly

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ubuntu at ubuntu-devel:~$ cat /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list 
  # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
  # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
  # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted
  deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted

  deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
  deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted

  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
  deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted

  As you can see, the example sources.list provided by APT in its docs contains the restricted repositories.
  It doesn't honor ths Free Software Fundation guidelines.

  Upstream bug : https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29724
  This same bug and my patch had been proposed by myself for Trisquel : http://trisquel.info/en/issues/5344

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